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Mercury retrograde did not do this to you

published · May 3, 2:26 PM · $2.92 total · published 56d ago
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Mercury retrograde. Bhola has heard the excuse three times this week alone. Someone missed a deadline. Someone sent a text they regret. Someone signed a contract — during retrograde, they say, as if Bhola did not watch them delay that contract for eight months before Mercury moved at all. Button: Mercury retrograde lasts three weeks. Your avoidance has been running since 2019.

Video suits the takedown pillar — the exhausted delivery and the one-liner button land harder spoken. Fresh angle: targets the specific 'retrograde as excuse' behavior, not retrograde in general. Avoids everything in recent content.

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Mercury retrograde. Three weeks. Three weeks, beta, is how long it lasts. [pause] This week alone, three people. Missed deadline. Regretted text. Signed a contract. All Mercury retrograde, they tell me. All very confident. [pause] Now. I watched one of them delay that contract for eight months. Eight months. Mercury was direct. Mercury was retrograde. Mercury went on holiday and came back. The contract sat there. [pause] Mercury retrograde lasts three weeks. My friend, your avoidance has been running since 2019. These are not the same problem.

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mercury retrograde is three weeks. your avoidance is not three weeks. #vedicastrology #mercuryretrograde #astrology #jyotish

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